Surgical skin scrub

Claim 1

A surgical skin scrub of the type adapted for topical application to a user's skin consisting essentially of: a. from about 99.0 to 99.9 percent by weight of inert ingredients, and b. from about 0.1 to 1.0 percent by weight of an active ingredient consisting essentially of: 1. from about 25 to 50 percent by weight of a chelating agent selected from the group consisting of ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid, disodium ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid, gluconic acid, lactic acid, citric acid, sodium gluconate, sodium lactate, sodium citrate, potassium gluconate, potassium lactate and potassium citrate, and 2. from about 50 to 75% by weight of a mixture of three n-alkyl benzalkonium chlorides, the first and second of which are of the formula: ##SPC4## wherein R is hydrogen, R 5 is n-alkyl having from 12 to 18 carbon atoms or mixtures thereof, the first benzalkonium chloride having an R 5 distribution of C 12 about 5 percent; C 14 about 60 percent; C 16 about 30 percent and C 18 about 5 percent; the second benzalkonium chloride having an R 5 distribution of C 12 about 50 percent; C 14 about 30 percent; C 16 about 15 percent and C 18 about 5 percent; and the third benzalkonium chloride is of the formula: ##SPC5## wherein R 6 is n-alkyl having a distribution of C 12 from 65 to 75 percent and C 14 from 25 to 35 percent, and wherein the benzalkonium chlorides are present in a respective weight ratio of about 2:1:2.